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Besieged by wisteria branches… a bird nest in the sea side park…

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Judas trees of my city, especially in the Bosphorus area… Once upon a time they were much more than today but still it is so beautiful to see them on the both sides of the Bosphorus.

These are all taken from Anatolian side of the Bosphorus..

1) Rumeli Hisarı (Rumelian Fortress) and cemetery…

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4) This is Anatolian side… where I took these pictures

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http://richardb10001.com/2012/05/16/mountain-chalet-of-sorts/

Dear Richard captured a wonderful photograph with blue truck. It was so inspirational and I wanted to make a digital painting with this one. He is so nice let me to make a painting and also to share with you too. Thank you once again dear Richard.

But seems it comes from a pine family… a thought… I see them in the city parks now…

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Blauer Regen (Wisteria sinensis)

I made a mistake about Wisteria and dear Debra reminded me (Thank you), yes, they have a scent… Sorry for this mistake.

But when I searched and made clear my knowledge about these beautiful flowers I found something and fascinated me. In German language they call them Blauer Regen means “Blue Rain”… How beautiful.

These are the notes about Blue Rain or Wisteria… I learned much more by this occasion

Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria) is a woody, deciduous, perennial climbing vine in the genus Wisteria, native to China in the provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, and Yunnan. While this plant is a climbing vine, it can be trained into a tree-like shape, usually with a wavy trunk and a flattened top.

It can grow 20-30 m long over supporting trees by counter-clockwise-twining stems. The leaves are shiny, green, pinnately compound, 10-30 cm in length, with 9-13 oblong leaflets that are each 2-6 cm long. The flowers are white, violet, or blue, produced on 15-20 cm racemes in spring, usually reaching their peak in mid-May. The flowers on each raceme open simultaneously before the foliage has expanded, and have a distinctive fragrance similar to that of grapes. Though it has shorter racemes than Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria), it often has a higher quantity of racemes. The fruit is a flattened, brown, velvety, bean-like pod 5-10 cm long with thick disk-like seeds around 1 cm in diameter spaced evenly inside; they mature in summer and crack and twist open to release the seeds; the empty pods often persist until winter. However seed production is often low, and most regenerative growth occurs through layering and suckering. One very interesting fact about this plant is that it is actually a member of the pea family, and the abovementioned seedpods are actually legumes.

It is hardy in USDA plant hardiness zones 5-9, and prefers moist soils. It is considered shade tolerant, but will flower only when exposed to partial or full sun. It will also flower only after passing from juvenile to adult stage, a transition that may take many years. [many years=?] It can live for over 100 years.

All parts of the plant contain a glycoside called wisterin which is toxic if ingested and may cause nausea, vomiting, stomach pains, and diarrhea. Wisterias have caused poisoning in children of many countries, producing mild to severe gastroenteritis.

It was introduced from China to Europe and North America in 1816 and has secured a place as one of the most popular flowering vines for home gardens due to its flowering habit. It has however become an invasive species in some areas of the eastern United Stateswhere the climate closely matches that of China.

Taken from wikipedia.

Shadows in the city, Istanbul… and the Bosphorus…

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